Matt. 13
So I am back in my blogging through the gospel's. Paying special attention to try to answer the questions, what is the Kingdom of Heaven/God, and what is the Gospel? We come to chapter 13 where there is a ton of teaching on the Kingdom through parable's I will try to summerize the main points as I see them.
Parable of the Sower -- In the Kingdom the good news comes to many people: with some it bears much fruit with others for a variety of reasons it doesn't. (I am inspired to be a person whose harvest yeild a hundred, sixty, or thrity times what is sown. We all know people that only yeild a small percentage of what is sown.)
Parable of the Weeds (which is sown into the wheat) -- In the Kingdom at the end of the age God will judge, and make all things right, there will be a separation, so don't try to play God now by judging and separating. God will take care of that later.
Parable of the Mustard Seed and Yeast -- The Kingdom starts small, but will spread and grow quickly.
Parable of the Treasure and the Pearl -- The Kingdom is worth everything, some discover this and forsake all for there new found joy: The Kingdom.
Parable of the net -- In the kingdom at the end of the age there will be a separation. between the righteous and the wicked. Righteousness and wickedness are not defined here, but we might think of Luke 18 where the tax collector hung his head, pleading for mercy unsure if he would get it . . . unsure of salvation . . . he was justified. The Pharisees sure of his salvation, went home wicked. I am intriged that we see in this chapter it says, "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable."
I read an article today by Brian McLaren, http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0509&article=050910
You might want to read it, but in it he talks about the need to speak in stories, and not answering questions that are framed badly, but instead asking a question. Reading Matthew 13, McLaren, and talking with Aaron, made me think of a question I would like to answer with a question. So here goes.
To the question "Is the there such a thing as eternal security?" I would like to respond by asking, "Is there more to salvation, than what lies beyond the grave?"
Parable of the Sower -- In the Kingdom the good news comes to many people: with some it bears much fruit with others for a variety of reasons it doesn't. (I am inspired to be a person whose harvest yeild a hundred, sixty, or thrity times what is sown. We all know people that only yeild a small percentage of what is sown.)
Parable of the Weeds (which is sown into the wheat) -- In the Kingdom at the end of the age God will judge, and make all things right, there will be a separation, so don't try to play God now by judging and separating. God will take care of that later.
Parable of the Mustard Seed and Yeast -- The Kingdom starts small, but will spread and grow quickly.
Parable of the Treasure and the Pearl -- The Kingdom is worth everything, some discover this and forsake all for there new found joy: The Kingdom.
Parable of the net -- In the kingdom at the end of the age there will be a separation. between the righteous and the wicked. Righteousness and wickedness are not defined here, but we might think of Luke 18 where the tax collector hung his head, pleading for mercy unsure if he would get it . . . unsure of salvation . . . he was justified. The Pharisees sure of his salvation, went home wicked. I am intriged that we see in this chapter it says, "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable."
I read an article today by Brian McLaren, http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0509&article=050910
You might want to read it, but in it he talks about the need to speak in stories, and not answering questions that are framed badly, but instead asking a question. Reading Matthew 13, McLaren, and talking with Aaron, made me think of a question I would like to answer with a question. So here goes.
To the question "Is the there such a thing as eternal security?" I would like to respond by asking, "Is there more to salvation, than what lies beyond the grave?"
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